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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

No Index Finger on My Left Hand

This burner operator at an aluminum plant in Arkansas was missing an index finger when he registered with Selective Service in 1948. Born in 1922, this registrant had seen service in World War 2, which is indicated on his card.

The last name could be Blackby. The end-hook of the first "l" is low to the baseline and the "a" follows. Why would he take the end of the second "l" so high just to follow it with a letter that normally starts at the baseline? Plus, there's that extra bit just before the "y." I think the next-to-last letter is a "b."